CFI|SF Movie Night: John Safran vs God ep.1-4
John Safran vs God is an 8 part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "his most audacious project yet, John set off across the globe to take on religion. He road-tests Buddhism in Japan and Voodooism is Haiti. He door-knocks in Utah and tries to convert Mormons to atheism. He tries to convince the Grand Dragon of the KKK to let him join even though he's Jewish. He travels to the UK to get a Muslim extremist to place a fatwa on an Australian colleague. He auditions for the Harlem Gospel Choir. He is washed in chicken blood in Mozambique. He drinks Native American peyote in Arizona... and vomits. The series builds to the final episode where a Christian exorcist casts out all of John's demons". It has never been broadcast nor released on DVD in the US.
"There is only one thing worse than someone shoving their religious beliefs down you throat and that's someone shoving their smarmy, superior views about people who have religious beliefs down your throat. Needless to say there's a lot of shoving going on in this show, unfortunately the shoving doesn't involve John and a staircase. This may be his most audacious project yet but it is also his most offensive. Here, John takes advantage of anyone who dares to have a different opinion to him and he serves it up, thinly veiled, as comedy. This show makes me wish we were still crucifying people" - John's ex-girlfriend
7:30 pm: Pre Show
8 pm: Feature Presentation
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